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He’s got an additional skill set of horribleness and the best eyebrows in the biz. – Jer An epic sci-fi novel. A classic struggle of good versus evil, of the oppressed versus the powerful, of nature versus humanity, of David Lynch versus the studios. We give you Dune! Or, at least, our remake of the […]

It is that time of year again, when we talk about some of the talented performers and creators we lost in the past year. From The Wire to The Golden Girls to The Sound of Music to Saturday Night Live to Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song to Superman to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to The Monkees to Saved By the Bell to Arrested Development, nary a genre was left untouched. Join us, won’t you, […]

Here at Remaker’s Mark, we like to make our opinions known. We like to banter and volley. We like to recommend. And this time, we recommend so hard. Four fifths of the RM crew bombard you with suggestion after exhortation after counsel until you fall to your knees, drowning in new things to bring into […]

All of a sudden, whoa…there’s Beastman Once upon a time, there was a movie that told a story. A story of a rather dumb truck driver and his much more capable friend and their search for love, truth, and not-dying in the underworld of Chinatown. It was beloved by many, but not all. Today, dear […]

Gracie Law is a lawyer, because in 1986, your surname was your profession, as in olden tymes. – Andy A first-listing marquee star who is really a second-fiddle. A third- or fourth-listing actor who really steals the show. Knee-high buckskin cowboy boots with tassels. A floating blob like a Garbage Pail Kids version of a […]

Betty White is the rightest wrong answer It’s Opposite Day! Instead of doing what we normally do (make super impressive recasting choices that shine lights of revelation and insight on to the cinematic world), today we chose the road less traveled. And it has made all the difference. Buckle up for our Wrong Answers Only rendition […]

I was afraid the motorcycles were going to tip over they were going so slow Dudes and duderinos. We conclude our trip through the drug-addled existence that is Easy Rider, and, man, what a ride. Main characters as mannequins, the last act being inspiration for Deliverance, and how, had not Kyle had the kindness in […]

If Wyatt is the nucleus of the atom, Billy is the electron buzzing around it Sometimes you wanna just score big so you can check out, visit a commune, see Mardi Gras, you know, live the good life. Sometimes you do just that, and it ain’t so good. We take on Easy Rider, the most-counter-culturin’, […]

It seems like [Eddie] meant to recruit bounty hunters but instead got professional wrestlers. Good news, bad news. Good news: we got to record this one in person! For the first time in years! And it was great! Bad news: this movie didn’t make any more sense to us. Good news: it didn’t matter because […]

What do you get when you cross kung fu, angry arcade owners, football shoulder pad-wearing shoguns, Motown, super awkward romantic interests, and DeBarge? A bowl of the goulash that is The Last Dragon. Remaker’s Mark makes its triumphant return from summer break by trying to solve the age-old mystery of how this movie wasn’t a hit. I mean, […]

The Cell was a film that divided the RM crew, sowing seeds of discontent and argument about the merits of its production design, writing, direction, and use of J-Lo. Some said the amount of J-Lo was too little. Some said too much. Do you think it was just right? Amongst all of this confusion, some things […]

Welcome to our nightmare dreamscape, the prison of our mind, our remake of 2000’s The Cell. We take many (well, five) different paths to recreating this film and its direction. See if we can be redeemed or if we’re too far gone. Thomas Kincaid Feel the Pain, by Dinosaur Jr. Are you making fun of […]

This is like Great British Baking Show…if the stakes were death… – Jer We conclude our What’s Up Docs? series with a light-hearted romp through the world’s most stressful and high-stakes pastry contest. If you enjoy The Great British Baking Show, Iron Chef, or any other culinary contest, may we recommend Kings of Pastry, a documentary about […]

You take the good (Pryor, Wilder, Poitier), you take the bad (the plot, the writing, the directing), you take ’em both and there you have…Stir Crazy. This movie underwhelmed us. And not in the Supergirl or KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park sort of way, but in an “I’m so disappointed in you” sort of way that your […]

Another year, another legion of talented performers and creators that have shrugged off this mortal coil and moved into the Great Beyond, and another chance for Andy to have his Grim Reaper robe dry-cleaned. We spend some time eulogizing just a few of the many wonderful talents that passed away in 2020. Apple Fitness+ Peloton […]

Sometimes a recipe looks better on paper than in practice. We take on 1980’s Stir Crazy, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, and directed by Sidney Poitier, and see how we can make this tale about mistaken identity, prison rodeos, song-and-dance clown mascots, and using pliers as a negotiating tool while talking about your feelings, […]

In a classic tale of good versus evil, light versus dark, David versus Goliath, the Rebel Alliance versus the Galactic Empire, we hear the epic saga of Steve versus Billy. Get ready for King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a documentary that tells the surprisingly sordid tale of the fight to claim the world record in…Donkey […]

How do you solve a problem like a pretty decent movie that came out at a time of some really great movies and got overshadowed? How do you keep a wave upon the sand? Sorry, I digress. We conclude our discussion of The Book of Eli and talk about how this film got the short […]

Continuing our series on films by directors who are minorities, we take on 2010’s Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic neo-Western film where literacy is king and cat oil is a form of sun protection. Join us as we fill the monstrous shoes of Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, and hear how Andy totally nails his minor […]

Watch ‘My Kid Could Paint That’ for free on Amazon Prime Video Is your child in pre-school? Is your child an abstract expressionist prodigy? Do you have a knack for exploitation? Then perhaps you shouldn’t watch ​My Kid Could Paint That.​ If you answered “no” to any of those questions, however, may we recommend you […]

How have things changed since 1989? Some would say not at all, and if you listen to our conclusion of the discussion on Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, you may be inclined to agree. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Slip ‘n Slide Oreo Blizzard ‘H is For Hawk’ by Susan McDonald The Book of Eli […]

Travel with us, back to the hottest day of the summer in the late 80s in Bedford-Stuyvesant, to a time when race relations were tense, to put it mildly. What’s that you say? This sounds like the present day? MAYBE THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT. Take a listen. Do the Right Thing Spike Lee Pan y […]

In our second installment of What’s Up Docs?, we talk about the 2011 film Hot Coffee, which on the surface is about…hot coffee, but underneath is about so much more. We never knew tort reform could be so interesting, and so infuriating. What you think you know about the titular coffee incident is likely A) […]

When one person overacts, does everyone then as a reaction start to overact, too? We conclude our discussion of Tombstone by revealing the most beautiful cast ever, and Adam Driver. Don’t shame us, though, for even you, our dear listeners, went full gorgeous on your picks. Ya’ll are just as vapid as we are. We talk about […]

We’re going to go a little more chaotic neutral than lawful evil for this one. – Andy Welcome to our discussion of 1993’s Tombstone, starring (and essentially directed by) Kurt Russell, along with Val Kilmer, and Dana Delaney. Who could possibly have the look of predator and prey? Who could ever lead the Cowboys with […]

This is the first episode in our new series, ‘What’s Up, Docs?’, where we each choose a documentary that we would like our fellow co-hosts to watch and discuss. Up first is Kyle’s choice of ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune‘, the story of a (possibly) madman making a (possibly) brilliant take on Frank Herbert’s (largely agreed upon) masterpiece, […]

It was like Steve Martin doing Lily Tomlin doing Steve Martin doing an Elvis impression. – Kyle Whose body would you like to share? How did Steve Martin make his body do that? Why was Praka Lasa so dippy? Would a shirtless Clark Gable help or hinder? We take on these tough questions and more […]

I was wondering that, too! What *is* the opposite of a straight-man? – Jer Welcome to our first discussion of All of Me, only one of the many comedies in which Steve Martin is wholly or partially possessed. Together with director Carl Reiner, he created an entire sub-genre the world didn’t know it needed. Probably […]

Like Zack Snyder or not, he Snydered all over this movie. (Gesundheit) – Jer Welcome to the conclusion of our discussion of Watchmen! We take turns ripping it apart and then praising it and coining the term “Snydering all over the movie.” We apologize for that. This film is full of flawed characters and anti-heroes. […]

Who watches the Watchmen? We do, daggummit! Here we tackle how to recast the six major vigilantes from the 2009 Zack Snyder film, and somehow manage to not drop any squids on anyone. That we’re aware of, at least. Watchmen Film Graphic Novel Favorite Comic/Graphic Novel Adaptations: The Crow Snowpiercer Pulp Fiction Scott Pilgrim vs. […]

We typically talk about remaking movies, but crazy times call for…special episodes. Let’s mix things up. Instead of movies, what about songs? Welcome to part 2 of a two-part special episode, where we talk about our favorite and least-favorite song covers. This episode deals with our favorite and least favorite covers of all time. Hearts […]

We typically talk about remaking movies, but crazy times call for…special episodes. Let’s mix things up. Instead of movies, what about songs? Welcome to part 1 of a two-part special episode, where we talk about our favorite and least-favorite song covers. This episode deals with some of our most beloved covers. We get nasty in […]

I assume he punched him so hard he exploded, and his hat popped up. – Andy In a topsy-turvy world, it’s good to know that ​Raiders of the Lost Ark​ exists. We are not shy in our praise of this movie, despite its inherent silliness and gaping plot holes and such. If ever there was […]

From out of the deep in the darkest jungles of South America, nimbly avoiding amazingly crafted ancient architectural traps, covered in cobwebs, emerges the first half of our episode on Raiders of the Lost Ark! Oh, what fun we had. We check off another iconic character from our recasting list (COUGH*melty-face Nazi*COUGH) and generally talk […]

Any reference to real events and persons living or dead is not accidental. It is deliberate. We conclude our recasting and discussion of Z, the 1969 French-Algerian political murder suspense procedural drama. We talk about how awkward it is to watch people fight. We talk about other movies that fictionalized events in their own time. We […]

The Irishman. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood. Little Women. The Irishman. Parasite. The Irishman. Avengers: Endgame. The Irishman. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The Irishman. Joker. The Irishman. JoJo Rabbit. The Irishman. Marriage Story. The Irishman. 1917. The Irishman. Despite all the movies released in 2019, only a select few have the honor of […]

‘Tis that time o’ the year, dear friends, when we remember some of our favorite thespians that have shuffled off this mortal coil in the past year. As always, there are far more than we have time to discuss. Tell us who you think we should have eulogized. Hold your dearest DVDs close, fair listener. […]

We check off another genre from our remaking bucket list: French-Algerian political crime drama! Behold, part one of our episode on Z, an Academy Award-winning film telling a fictionalized version of an assassination and political cover-up. Come along for the ride in our three-wheeled pick-up! Intro question: Favorite foreign language film (of late or ever): […]

As a physical education major, let me explain German Expressionism to you… In part 2 of our discussion of Metropolis, things go off the rails quickly and often. Once again, the curse of this movie has reduced us to 80% capacity, but our B- strength is still enough for an A+ performance. OK, maybe an A-. […]

We step into the way way back machine and recast what some call the first true science fiction movie, Fritz Lang’s 1927 release of Metropolis. Though we operated at 80% capacity this time, we came at you with 100% tenacity and 1000% genius with our character picks (though Andy’s were criminally underrepresented due to his…lack […]

I was going to tell a time travel joke but you guys didn’t like it. After a hiatus for our European tour, Remaker’s Mark is back with the conclusion of our episode on Twelve Monkeys. So much Terry Gilliamness! Is it too much, yet somehow not enough? Place your bets on who gave this the […]

Quiet, but not in the charming way. Because we like messing with the time-space continuum, we decided to take on Terry Gilliam’s 1995 film Twelve Monkeys. Or did this already happen in the past? Why do you look familiar? I’ve seen you before… Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam Bruce Willis Madeleine Stowe Brad Pitt Remakers Mark […]

We were all using our very best NPR voices… Part 3 (WHAT?!) of our discussion of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is here, in which we discuss our alpha test episode from way back in 2012, and how our picks (and the whole dang podcast itself) have changed since then. Andy is still proud of his […]

No Ubers in Stubbsville Welcome to part two of our discussion of Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, in which we coin a term for a new mashup genre, discuss our least favorite movies to remake, talk about so many sexy statistics, and about the Hughesian properties of this movie, which are very Hughesian indeed. Planes, Trains […]

Cumberbatch and Streep at Nebraska Welcome to a remake of a remake, ladies and gentlemen. In honor of our 50th regular episode, we decided to go back to our roots and remake our very first beta episode about Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. The original episode lies in the secret vaults, locked up in a wooden […]

He says ‘baby’ so much! Now listen here…we’re going to talk about Double Indemnity again and you’re going to like it, see. Along the way, we fired up our weird dictaphones, and took a deep dive into Film Noir, both old and new (including some modern examples that we highly recommend…*coughBRICKcough*), and the goods and […]

There’s serious air quotes over ‘serious role’ there… Listen, baby, and listen good. We take on the noir-est of all films, Double Indemnity, the darkest movie about insurance fraud you’ll ever see. This is the third Billy Wilder project we’ve covered, so we either really like his movies or think they all stink. The jury […]

They’re basically trying to create Wakanda for Wizards Welcome to the ultimate, the omega, the end-all of Hidden Gems. Mark presents the 1982 Rankin and Bass animated film, The Flight of Dragons, featuring an impressive, if haphazard, cast of voice acting talent, and an unusual explanation of the physiology of dragon flight and fire-breathing. (Hint: […]

Americans…the only thing worse than dragons. Here in part two of our discussion of 2002’s post-apocalyptic dragon adventure film Reign of Fire, we reveal our big re-casting winners, go deep on dragons in the film (including it’s intriguing blend of fantasy creature and animal), look at the performances (looking at you, Over-the-Top-Aughey), and wonder if […]

It’s basically a remake of ‘My Little Pony’ Today we talk about 2002’s Reign of Fire, which features Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale as leaders of competing schools of thought on how to deal with dragons. McConaughey wants to kill them all, Bale wants to run and hide. Both look like they’re gearing up for […]